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Monterey Bay

CRC-18587 – Residency

49th sighting in Monterey Bay
Fluke of CRC-18587
CRC-18587 Confirmed in the catalog @52707
Apr 29 – May 16, 2022 · Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay · Apr – May 2022

85 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
49
Dives
Sightings
4
Days between first and last sighting
17

Dive stats modelled within real depth limits — not measured

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SightingSeafloorSea tempDeepest dive (modelled)
Apr 29, 202297 m11.4°C78 m
May 2, 202299 m10.9°C63 m
May 2, 2022567 m10.9°C85 m
May 16, 202281 m11.1°C61 m

Seafloor and sea temperature measured · ✳ dives modelled

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Deepest dive against the seafloor, per sighting

Seafloor · measured Deepest dive · modelled
Apr 29, 2022 — seafloor 97 m (measured), deepest dive 78 m (modelled)Apr 29May 2, 2022 — seafloor 99 m (measured), deepest dive 63 m (modelled)May 2May 2, 2022 — seafloor 567 m (measured), deepest dive 85 m (modelled)May 2May 16, 2022 — seafloor 81 m (measured), deepest dive 61 m (modelled)May 16

Depth runs down from the surface. The modelled dive never passes the measured seafloor at that sighting.

Dives

85 m
Deepest dive
3:18
Longest dive
49
Dives
27 m
Avg dive depth
4
Sightings
17
Days first → last

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Dive profile

modelled
05010085 mstartdive sequence (illustrative)

Depth shaped by the seafloor limit here (567 m) and the published dive-behaviour distribution. Modelled, not measured.

Deep Effort Score

Deep

Depth, duration and recovery resolved into a single number for this session.

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Place

Where this happened · May 2, 2022

measured
Seafloor depth
567 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C
Distance from shore
16.0 km

Across the residency · 4 sightings

measured
Seafloor depth
81 m – 567 m
Sea-surface temperature
10.9°C – 11.4°C
Distance from shore
3.0 km – 16.0 km

Sources: GEBCO seafloor grid · NASA JPL MUR sea temperature · PacIOOS coastline distance

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Source records

This activity is assembled from 4 catalogued encounters on Happywhale.

Sighting records from Happywhale, published as occurrence data via GBIF. Individual records are licensed CC0 1.0, CC BY 4.0 or CC BY-NC 4.0, depending on the contributor.

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